84Promotion appeal

84 Promotion appeal (1) An officer may appeal against the promotion of another person to a vacant office under section 83 if— (a) the promotion is to an appellable classification; and (b) the officer applied for promotion to the vacant office. (2) The appeal must be made in accordance with— (a) if an industrial instrument applies to an officer and includes a procedure for promotion appeals—the promotion appeals procedure in the industrial instrument; or (b) in any other case—the prescribed promotion appeals procedure. (3) In deciding the appeal a decision-maker must apply the criteria set criteria for decision-making for promotion appeals—the promotion appeals decision-making criteria in the industrial instrument; or (b) in any other case—the prescribed promotion appeals decision-making criteria.